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Brijesh Patel
Brijesh Pursuram Patel
Born: 24 November 1952, Baroda, Gujarat
Major Teams: Mysore, Karnataka, Wellington, India.
Known As: Brijesh Patel
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Off Break
Test Debut: India v England at Manchester, 1st Test, 1974
Last Test: India v Australia at Perth, 2nd Test, 1977/78
ODI Debut: India v England at Leeds, Prudential Trophy, 1974
Last ODI: India v Sri Lanka at Manchester, World Cup, 1979
Career Statistics:
TESTS
(career)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 21 38 5 972 115* 29.45 1 5 17 0
O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling - - - - - - - - - -
ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
(career)
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 10 9 1 243 82 30.37 60.90 0 1 1 0
O M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling - - - - - - - - - -
FIRST-CLASS
(career: 1969/70 - 1987/88)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 203 311 50 11911 216 45.63 37 55 85 0
Balls R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 406 215 7 30.71 1-0 0 0 58.0 3.17
LIST A LIMITED OVERS
(career: 1973/74 - 1985/86)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 47 43 7 1430 83* 39.72 0 10 10 0
Balls R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 18 9 2 4.50 1-0 0 0 9.0 3.00
- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.
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Profile:
A dashing right hand middle order batsman and a prolific run getter at
the domestic level, Brijesh Patel was also the outstanding outfielder
in Indian cricket in the seventies. Very much the `glamour boy' of the
game at his peak, Patel was capable of ripping apart the best of
bowling on his day. However he was suspect against pace or the
swinging ball when conditions helped bowlers and he was exposed on the
tours of England in 1974 and 1979 and in Australia in 1977-78. But he
did very well in the West Indies in 1976, when in his four innings, he
scored 207 runs at an average of 207.00. This included his only Test
hundred, 115 not out at Port of Spain when he added 204 runs for the
fifth wicket with Sunil Gavaskar. Three other notable innings were 73
not out against West Indies in a losing cause at Bombay in 1974-75, a
strokefilled 83 against England at the same venue two years later and
a hurricane 82 against New Zealand again at Bombay in 1976-77. After
failing on the tour of Australia the following season, he was dropped
only to be brought back for the tour of England in 1979 keeping the
World Cup in mind. He was one of the first Indian cricketers to be a
natural for the shorter version of the game.
But if Patel's international career was not in keeping with his
initial promise, at the domestic level, he was verily the monarch.
For a long while he held the two most important batting records in the
Ranji Trophy - most runs (7126 at an average of 57.00) and most
centuries (26). In his heyday, he played some of the most commanding
knocks in the national competition and the Duleep Trophy. After
retiring, he was a Test selector and then went into administration and
was elected secretary of the Karnataka State Cricket Association.
(Partab Ramchand)
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